Chapter I: Front Matter

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Officers

_President_,
HON. WILLIAM H. TAFT.

_Vice-President_,
ROBERT W. de FOREST.

_Treasurer_,
HON. CHAS. D. NORTON.

_Counselor_,
HON. LLOYD W. BOWERS.

_Secretary_,
CHARLES L. MAGEE.

_Chairman of Central Committee_,
MAJOR-GENERAL GEO. W. DAVIS, U. S. A. (Ret.)

_National Director_,
ERNEST P. BICKNELL.

Board of Consultation

BRIGADIER-GENERAL GEORGE H. TORNEY,
Surgeon-General, U. S. Army.

REAR ADMIRAL PRESLEY M. RIXEY,
Surgeon-General, U. S. Navy.

SURGEON-GENERAL WALTER WYMAN,
U. S. Public Health and Marine Hospital Service.

Central Committee 1908-1909

Major-General GEORGE W. DAVIS, U. S. A. (ret.), _Chairman_.

Brigadier-General GEORGE H. TORNEY, Surgeon-General, U. S.
Army, War Department, Washington, D. C.

Hon. HUNTINGTON WILSON, Assistant Secretary of State,
Department of State, Washington, D. C.

Hon. CHARLES D. NORTON, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, U.
S. Treasury Dept., Washington, D. C.

Medical Director JOHN C. WISE, U. S. N., Navy Department,
Washington, D. C.

Hon. LLOYD W. BOWERS, Solicitor-General, Department of Justice,
Washington, D. C.

President BENJAMIN IDE WHEELER, University of California.

Mr. JOHN M. GLENN, 105 East 22d street, New York, N. Y.

Miss MABEL T. BOARDMAN, Washington, D. C.

Hon. JAMES R. GARFIELD, Secretary of the Interior, Washington,
D. C.

Hon. A. C. KAUFMAN, Charleston, S. C.

Hon. H. KIRKE PORTER, 1600 I street, Washington, D. C.

Mr. JOHN C. PEGRAM, Providence, R. I.

General CHARLES BIRD, U. S. A., Wilmington, Del.

Col. WILLIAM CARY SANGER, Sangerfield, N. Y.

Judge LAMBERT TREE, 70 La Salle street, Chicago, Ill.

Hon. JAMES TANNER, Washington, D. C.

Mr. W. W. FARNAM, New Haven, Conn.

NOTE—Attention is invited to the recent changes in the Officers and Central Committee members.

The President of the United States has appointed Hon. Huntington Wilson, Hon. Charles D. Norton, Brigadier General George H. Torney and Hon. Lloyd W. Bowers members of the Central Committee to represent the Departments of State, Treasury, War and Justice, respectively. The Executive Committee has elected Hon. Charles D. Norton Treasurer and Hon. Lloyd W. Bowers Counselor to fill the vacancies caused by the resignations of the former Treasurer and Counselor.

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Officers 1

Preface 3

Relief in Eastern Turkey (illustrated) 5

Italy two months after the Earthquake (illustrated) 11
By Ernest P. Bicknell.

Earthquake Relief in Portugal 26

A Testimonial to the American Red Cross from Italy (illustrated) 28

Financial Report of American Committee at Rome 30

The Red Cross and President Taft’s Inauguration (illustrated) 33

The Appropriate Insignia of the American Medical Association 40
By Samuel P. Gerhard, A. M., M. D.

Story of the Red Cross (illustrated) 45

First-Aid and Relief Columns Department—California, Illinois,
New York and New Jersey 47

Tuberculosis Department (illustrated)—Christmas Stamps,
Cleveland, New Hampshire 53

Notes 57

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